Post by Okwes on Dec 5, 2005 20:29:02 GMT -5
Changing Winds Update
For more information visit our website
www.changingwinds.org
Press Release
November 25, 2005
    The University of Life and Hope (ULH) and
Students and Teachers Against Racism (STAR) announce
Changing Winds Seminars Inc., a new educational
organization offering two-day lectures, seminars and
workshops. Up to four experts and eight local
speakers in each area will participate in working
toward solving the crisis of high drop-out rates,Â
low test scores, discrimination, bullying, cultural
misunderstanding, racism, teen suicide, drug and
alcohol abuse, misuse of federal funds and civil
rights violations among the American Indian student
population.Â
    Through Changing Winds, local speakers will
discuss issues facing children in their own districts.
School teachers and staff will interact with Tribal
Elders and other Tribal members as a means to begin
understanding the culture of the children they are
teaching.  Members of Indian Education Committees
will help schools understand how the lack of inclusion
and understanding hurts the success of their Indian
students. Communication will be opened between the
Indian Education Committee and School Boards and
teachers, who will meet on neutral territory to
discuss the problems as seen from both sides.
      Members of the non-profit corporation
include President Nani Aki Linder, Hawaiian; and Board
members Christine Rose and Richie Plass,
Menominee/Stockbridge-Munsee.
    As President of Changing Winds, Ms. Linder
will oversee all activities relating to the day-to-day
operations of the company. She will also play a
pivotal role in the development of this new start-up
company and will focus on the direction the seminars
will take.
Linder has been developing her curriculum and teaching
materials for her own organization, The University of
Life and Hope. Author of Trial by Fire: A True Story
of Hope; University of Life: A Cross-cultural Approach
to Leadership Success; All about Me Look at Me I am A
Star, and Multi- Accompanying Education Guides. Â
Linder has targeted areas such as Kids at Risk,
Cultural Immersion Recommendations for Teachers who
work on Reservations and Spirit of hope an natural
healing.
     In 1998 Linder founded a multicultural
leadership system based on Hawaiian/Chinese values
derived from wisdom she learned from her Na Kupunas
(grandparents-literal meaning fountain of knowledge).
     Board members Rose and Plass, who worked
together for several years toward ending
discrimination through STAR, a volunteer group founded
in 2000, will be participating in the seminars as
well.
     Plass, who is a well-known musician and
performer as well as activist, will share his
personal experiences and discuss how stereotyping
occurs, the harm it causes children and how it can be
avoided.
     Rose will present a brief History of
Indian Education as well as her studies that show the
various ways Indian students feel targeted, what
needs to change in schools to avoid discrimination
complaints as well as the success stories of schools
that have made efforts to welcome their Native
students into their community.
     Rose has investigated more than 40 civil
rights complaints against schools, many of which were
resolved through the Department of Justice and the
Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights.Â
After instituting a 30-day Internet program for
schools investigating the Indian Team Name and Mascot
issue, Rose designed Erasing Racism in Your School in
2002, a program that allows Native Americans to take
their children’s educational well being into their
own hands and according to the Department of
Education’s Office of Civil Rights, has been heavily
utilized.Â
    All persons involved in the educational
process, including State Boards of Education, local
school boards, administrators and teachers are invited
to participate in these seminars and workshops.Â
Because respect between cultures extends to all areas
of a community, staff from local organizations, such
as Social Services and hospital staff may also be
invited to attend. Programs will also benefit colleges
and universities that offer degrees in Indian Studies
and/or education.
For more information visit our website
www.changingwinds.org
For more information visit our website
www.changingwinds.org
Press Release
November 25, 2005
    The University of Life and Hope (ULH) and
Students and Teachers Against Racism (STAR) announce
Changing Winds Seminars Inc., a new educational
organization offering two-day lectures, seminars and
workshops. Up to four experts and eight local
speakers in each area will participate in working
toward solving the crisis of high drop-out rates,Â
low test scores, discrimination, bullying, cultural
misunderstanding, racism, teen suicide, drug and
alcohol abuse, misuse of federal funds and civil
rights violations among the American Indian student
population.Â
    Through Changing Winds, local speakers will
discuss issues facing children in their own districts.
School teachers and staff will interact with Tribal
Elders and other Tribal members as a means to begin
understanding the culture of the children they are
teaching.  Members of Indian Education Committees
will help schools understand how the lack of inclusion
and understanding hurts the success of their Indian
students. Communication will be opened between the
Indian Education Committee and School Boards and
teachers, who will meet on neutral territory to
discuss the problems as seen from both sides.
      Members of the non-profit corporation
include President Nani Aki Linder, Hawaiian; and Board
members Christine Rose and Richie Plass,
Menominee/Stockbridge-Munsee.
    As President of Changing Winds, Ms. Linder
will oversee all activities relating to the day-to-day
operations of the company. She will also play a
pivotal role in the development of this new start-up
company and will focus on the direction the seminars
will take.
Linder has been developing her curriculum and teaching
materials for her own organization, The University of
Life and Hope. Author of Trial by Fire: A True Story
of Hope; University of Life: A Cross-cultural Approach
to Leadership Success; All about Me Look at Me I am A
Star, and Multi- Accompanying Education Guides. Â
Linder has targeted areas such as Kids at Risk,
Cultural Immersion Recommendations for Teachers who
work on Reservations and Spirit of hope an natural
healing.
     In 1998 Linder founded a multicultural
leadership system based on Hawaiian/Chinese values
derived from wisdom she learned from her Na Kupunas
(grandparents-literal meaning fountain of knowledge).
     Board members Rose and Plass, who worked
together for several years toward ending
discrimination through STAR, a volunteer group founded
in 2000, will be participating in the seminars as
well.
     Plass, who is a well-known musician and
performer as well as activist, will share his
personal experiences and discuss how stereotyping
occurs, the harm it causes children and how it can be
avoided.
     Rose will present a brief History of
Indian Education as well as her studies that show the
various ways Indian students feel targeted, what
needs to change in schools to avoid discrimination
complaints as well as the success stories of schools
that have made efforts to welcome their Native
students into their community.
     Rose has investigated more than 40 civil
rights complaints against schools, many of which were
resolved through the Department of Justice and the
Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights.Â
After instituting a 30-day Internet program for
schools investigating the Indian Team Name and Mascot
issue, Rose designed Erasing Racism in Your School in
2002, a program that allows Native Americans to take
their children’s educational well being into their
own hands and according to the Department of
Education’s Office of Civil Rights, has been heavily
utilized.Â
    All persons involved in the educational
process, including State Boards of Education, local
school boards, administrators and teachers are invited
to participate in these seminars and workshops.Â
Because respect between cultures extends to all areas
of a community, staff from local organizations, such
as Social Services and hospital staff may also be
invited to attend. Programs will also benefit colleges
and universities that offer degrees in Indian Studies
and/or education.
For more information visit our website
www.changingwinds.org